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Brandon Tumblin
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2 days ago

Showing Up For Yourself (and Why it’s Hard)

Can We Learn to be Better Friends to Ourselves? — The idea of showing up for yourself is a bit odd; how could you not show up for yourself? You are you, after all! However, we all fall short of showing up for ourselves. It doesn’t simply mean that we are physically present; surely, we have no choice. Like many…

Self Help

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Showing Up For Yourself (and Why it’s Hard)
Showing Up For Yourself (and Why it’s Hard)
Self Help

6 min read


3 days ago

An English Person’s Experience Living in Quebec

Why Language Barriers Really Don’t Matter — I lived in Quebec City for about 2 years, and when I was there I only spoke broken French. The French and English relations in Canada are mostly good now, but there are some barriers there. For one, the French and the British back in the day fought over Canada…

Quebec

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An English Person’s Experience Living in Quebec
An English Person’s Experience Living in Quebec
Quebec

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4 days ago

Dealing With Racism the Right Way

The Story of a Black American Who Befriended KKK Members — Daryl Davis is a black American who has actually converted members of the KKK to being no longer racist. You heard that right — a black man, who KKK members inherently hate, was able to convince KKK members to give up their cloaks. How did he manage to do this…

Anti Racism

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Dealing With Racism the Right Way
Dealing With Racism the Right Way
Anti Racism

4 min read


Jan 6

Bridging the Political Divide

How Can We Find Union in a Time of Division? It seems the political divide — left vs. right — is only getting bigger and bigger. I’ve been doing a lot of pondering on why we seem to disagree so much to the point where debates can often disintegrate into…

Politics

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Bridging the Political Divide
Bridging the Political Divide
Politics

5 min read


Jan 4

Why We Shouldn’t Hate Evil People

Feeling Sorry For Bad People is the Way You may think that we should hate someone like Joseph Stalin, or Mao. You may think that we should all hate that bully in high school. …

Evil

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Why We Shouldn’t Hate Evil People
Why We Shouldn’t Hate Evil People
Evil

3 min read


Jan 3

What Do We All Really Want?

Despite Our Differences, Do We Want the Same Things? — We human beings are all 99.9% genetically similar. That means that what separates us is 0.01%. Really think about that for a minute. We all have way more in common than we do differently, genetically speaking. That also means that our psychology isn’t that different. …

Self Help

4 min read

What Do We All Really Want?
What Do We All Really Want?
Self Help

4 min read


Published in PERENNIAL — Ancient Lessons for Modern Life

·Jan 2

Imagining the Worst Person You Could Be

Negative Character Visualization and its Benefits — One practice that is incredibly valuable is imagining who you could be if you got your shit together. If you did everything right, who could you be? Likely, it’s similar to someone that you look up to. Hence, it’s someone that you deeply respect. You deeply respect the person that…

Stoicism

4 min read

Imagining the Worst Person You Could Be
Imagining the Worst Person You Could Be
Stoicism

4 min read


Dec 30, 2022

The Benefits of Negative Visualization

Why Stoics Practice Premeditatio Malorum (Premeditation of Evils) — Many people will give the advice to “be positive”. What this means, in a sense, is to be optimistic, to focus on the good things, and to imagine your future success. Certainly, there’s a place for this in life. However, is there a place for negative visualization? Should we incorporate…

Stoicism

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The Benefits of Negative Visualization
The Benefits of Negative Visualization
Stoicism

3 min read


Dec 28, 2022

The Benefits of Positive Visualization

Can We Be Too Positive? — Many successful athletes do something called “positive visualization”. Before they lift a weight or do their sport, they visualize successfully completing the move. …

Self Help

3 min read

The Benefits of Positive Visualization
The Benefits of Positive Visualization
Self Help

3 min read


Dec 16, 2022

How to Become Stronger — Physically & Spiritually

Where Do Meaning and Happiness Really Come From? — This is one of the hardest truths of life. Life must be lived under tension. You don’t flourish by being strong; you flourish by getting stronger. And how do you get stronger? By carrying a load! Becoming Physically Stronger I do Olympic weightlifting. That sport is infamously known to be hard on the…

Stoicism

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How to Become Stronger — Physically & Spiritually
How to Become Stronger — Physically & Spiritually
Stoicism

3 min read

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Brandon Tumblin

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Host of The Strong Stoic Podcast

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